It is my understanding they're going to offer a more-centralized option, kind of like wordpress does.
On Apr 26, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Alex Leavitt wrote: > The only problem I foresee is that a fair percentage of users on major social > networks don't have the skills to own and/or operate their own server (or > webhosting): I'm thinking the probably typical case of Your Grandmother on > Facebook. I didn't see any mention of it in my quick browsing, but is there a > plan to cater to that percentage by offering a more-centralized option as > well? Or is it an assumption that the people who don't possess these digital > skills aren't the ones who will care about privacy, etc. enough to want to > move away from the major social networks and use Diaspora? > > 2ยข, > Alex > > --- > > Alexander Leavitt > Research Specialist, Convergence Culture Consortium > Comparative Media Studies, MIT > http://doalchemy.org > Twitter: @alexleavitt > > > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Karen Rustad <[email protected]> wrote: > My understanding is that the goal is for this to be a decentralized/federated > service, like identi.ca. Anyone can install BuddyPress, but the BuddyPress > installs don't talk to each other. Whereas you could install this on your > server and make your own profile there, but be friends with profiles on other > installs. > > -- Karen > > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Kevin Donovan <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe an ignorant question, but: how does this compare to BuddyPress? > > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Aditi Rajaram <[email protected]> > wrote: > I'm personally excited about it as well, but I'm also an NYU FC member whose > friends are working on it =) > > If anyone knows of any relevant lists or people that would be interested in a > project like, please feel free to forward! > > On Apr 26, 2010, at 11:14 AM, Elizabeth Stark wrote: > >> Several NYU FC members have started working on a project called Diaspora, >> which they're billing as "the privacy aware, personally controlled, >> do-it-all distributed open source social network." They've started building >> a prototype, and are gearing up to work on this full time this summer; they >> would love your ideas and comments! >> >> You can find out more about the project at: http://joindiaspora.com and on >> their kickstarter page: http://idek.net/1OBc. >> >> I've pledged to fund it and I know several other FC members have as well. >> >> (via the NYU FC list) >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > Kevin Donovan > Georgetown '11: SFS > 630.849.8285 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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